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Oracle Secure Global Desktop Platform Support and Release Notes for Version 4.61

Document Information

Preface

1.  New Features and Changes

2.  System Requirements and Support

3.  Known Issues, Bug Fixes, and Documentation Issues

Known Bugs and Issues

2205237 - Seamless Windows Display Problems When Restarting a Disconnected Session

6456278 - Integrated Mode Does Not Work for the Root User

6482912 - SGD Client Not Installed Automatically

6555834 - Java Technology is Enabled For Browser But Is Not Installed On Client Device

6598048 - French Canadian Keyboard Not Mapped Correctly for Windows Applications

6665330 - Font Errors When Starting VirtualBox Software From a Java Desktop System Session Displayed Using MyDesktop

6801579 - Kana Mode Unavailable for Solaris OS Applications on Microsoft Windows Client Devices

6809365 - Application Start Failures and Quotation Marks in the User's DN

6831480 - Backup Primaries List Command Returns an Error

6863153 - HyperTerminal Application Hangs in a Relocated Windows Desktop Session

6921995 - Load-Balancing JSP Does Not Work When Java Technology is Not Available

6937146 - Audio Unavailable for X Applications Hosted on 64-Bit Linux Application Servers

6942981 - Application Startup is Slow on Solaris 10 OS Trusted Extensions

6957820 - SGD Client Hangs When Using Smart Card Authentication for Windows Applications

6961236 - Error Messages in Tomcat Log

6962970 - Windows Client Device Uses Multiple CALs

6963320 - Cannot Connect to SGD Using Version 4.5 of the SGD Gateway, or Using an Upgraded Version 4.6 Gateway

6969404 - PDF Printing Issue on Solaris 10 OS Platforms

6970615 - SecurID Authentication Fails for X Applications

6974464 - Kiosk Mode Display Issue on Ubuntu Clients

6979110 - Localized Documentation Not Available

7004887 - Print to File Fails for Windows Client Devices

7014475 - LDAP Login Filters Are Not Preserved on Upgrade

7020250 - Audio Module Install Fails on 64-Bit SUSE Linux Platforms

7022104 - Automatic Configuration of Secure Connections Fails on an Upgraded Server

12309146 - Administrators Unable to Search Parent OUs in Active Directory

12309185 - Cached LDAP Passwords Fail After an Upgrade

12309385 - Gateway Protocol Translation Fails from HTTPS to HTTP

12309559 - Java Detection Fails When Using Internet Explorer 9

Sun Type 7 Japanese Keyboard Issues

Start Menu Items Not Sorted Alphabetically

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Applications Limited to 8-Bit Color Depth for Large Screen Resolutions

Bug Fixes in Version 4.61

Bug Fixes in Version 4.60

Bug Fixes in Version 4.50

Documentation Issues in Version 4.60

Client Profile Setting for Spanning Multiple Monitors

Correction to the "Array Resilience" Section

Correction to the "Dynamic Launch" Section

Editing a List of Attributes From the Command Line

Incorrect Documentation URL and Customer Feedback Email Address

Deprecated --force Option Included in the Documentation

Correction to the "SGD Remote Desktop Client" Section

Avoiding Port Conflicts for the X Protocol Engine

Correction to --suffix-mappings Option Documentation

Correction for tarantella object new_windowsapp Command

Documentation for tarantella config reload Command

tarantella config reload

Syntax

Description

Examples

Correction for the Windows Audio Sound Quality Attribute

Correction to "Upgrading the SGD Gateway"

Correction to Printing Troubleshooting Topic

Documentation Issues in Version 4.60

This section lists the known documentation issues for the 4.60 release.

This section includes the following topics:

Client Profile Setting for Spanning Multiple Monitors

The released documentation does not include full details for the Span Multiple Monitors (Kiosk Mode) client profile setting.

On page 193 of the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide, add the following note to the section on “Configuring Desktop Size for Kiosk Mode Applications”.


Note - The desktop size for kiosk mode applications can also be configured from the webtop. Use the Span Multiple Monitors (Kiosk Mode) option in the Client Settings tab.


On page 317 of the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide and page 43 of the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 User Guide, add the following entry to the table of client profile settings.

Setting
Description
Span Multiple Monitors (Kiosk Mode)
Enables X applications to be displayed in kiosk mode on a multihead or dual head monitor.

When enabled, the kiosk mode display is spanned across all monitors.

When disabled, the kiosk mode display is displayed using the primary monitor only. This is the default setting.

In the “Using Multihead or Dual Head Monitors” section on page 193 of the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide, replace the following paragraphs in the “Configuring Desktop Size for Kiosk Mode Applications” section.

“X applications can be displayed in kiosk mode on a multihead or dual head monitor.

You configure kiosk mode display features with the <KioskArea> entry in the <localsettings> section of the client profile, profile.xml on the client device. If the <localsettings> section is not present in the client profile, create a new section.

The <KioskArea> entry defines the screen area used by kiosk mode. The available values are as follows:

For example, to span the kiosk mode display across all monitors:”

<KioskArea>virtual</KioskArea>

Correction to the “Array Resilience” Section

The following paragraph in the “Recovery Stage” section on page 340 of the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide is incorrect.

“If an array splits into more than two arrays during the failover stage, the original array formation cannot be recreated automatically. Manual recovery must be used.”

The paragraph should read as follows:

“If an array splits into more than two arrays during the failover stage and the Action When Failover Ends (--array-primaryreturnaction) attribute is configured as Restore original primary (accept), the original array formation is recreated automatically.

If the Action When Failover Ends attribute is configured as Restore array with a new primary (acceptsecondary), the original array formation cannot be recreated automatically. Manual recovery must be used.”

Correction to the “Dynamic Launch” Section

On page 170 of the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide, the path to the sgd-webservices.jar file is incorrect.

The correct path is as follows:

/opt/tarantella/bin/java/com/sco/tta/soap/services/proxy.

Editing a List of Attributes From the Command Line

The released documentation contains inaccurate information about editing a list of attributes from the command line.

In the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Gateway Administration Guide:

In the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide:

Incorrect Documentation URL and Customer Feedback Email Address

Following the closure of the Sun documentation site (docs.sun.com), the released documentation contains incorrect documentation URL and customer feedback email address details.

The documentation URL should read as follows:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19351-01/index.html

The email address for customer comments should read as follows:

VIRT-DOCS-EXT_WW@ORACLE.COM

This change affects the following documentation:

Deprecated --force Option Included in the Documentation

Appendix D of the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide incorrectly lists the --force option for the tarantella stop and tarantella restart commands.

The --force option was deprecated in the 4.6 release and is no longer available.

Correction to the “SGD Remote Desktop Client” Section

The table of command options for the SGD Remote Desktop Client on page 152 of the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide incorrectly states that the default setting for the -windowskey option is on.

The default setting for the -windowskey option is off.

Avoiding Port Conflicts for the X Protocol Engine

The following applications troubleshooting topic is missing from the released documentation.

Application startup can take longer than expected if SGD attempts to use an X display port that is being used by another service. Application startup eventually completes successfully.

The solution is to exclude the port from use by the X Protocol Engine.

In the Administration Console, go to the Protocol Engines -> X tab for each SGD server in the array and type -xport portnum in the Command-Line Arguments field, where portnum is the TCP port number to exclude.

Alternatively, use the following command:

$ tarantella config edit --xpe-args "-xport portnum"

To exclude several ports, you can specify -xport portnum multiple times, as follows:

$ tarantella config edit \
--xpe-args "-xport portnum_1" "-xport portnum_2" "-xport portnum_3"

The changes made take effect for new X Protocol Engines only. Existing X Protocol Engines are not affected.

Correction to --suffix-mappings Option Documentation

The --suffix-mappings option for the tarantella service command is incorrectly documented.

In the tables of command options on page 820 and page 825 in Appendix D of the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide, the following paragraph is incorrect:

“Applies only to Active Directory service objects.”

This paragraph should read as follows:

“Applies to Active Directory service objects and LDAP service objects that connect to Active Directory.”

The initial sentence in the “Suffix Mappings” section on page 98 in Chapter 2 of the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide, should read as follows:

“The following information applies to Active Directory service objects and LDAP service objects that connect to Active Directory.”

Correction for tarantella object new_windowsapp Command

In this release, the Window Manager (--winmgr) attribute is not available when you create a new Windows application object using the tarantella object new_windowsapp command.

The documentation for the tarantella object new_windowsapp command on page 744 in Appendix D of the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide incorrectly lists the --winmgr attribute.

Documentation for tarantella config reload Command

Details for the tarantella config reload command are missing from the released documentation.

The following information should be included in the “The tarantella config Command” section on page 688 in Appendix D of the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide.

tarantella config reload

Reloads properties for the server where the command is run.

Syntax
tarantella config reload [ --login-beans ]
Description

The following table shows the available options for this command.

Option
Description
--login-beans
Reloads server properties related to authentication, such as com.sco.tta.server.login.DSLoginFilter.properties.

This option can be used to reload properties on a secondary server, without restarting the server.

Examples

The following example reloads all authentication properties for the server where the command is run.

$ tarantella config reload --login-beans

Correction for the Windows Audio Sound Quality Attribute

The documentation for the Windows Audio Sound Quality (--array-audio-quality) attribute on page 468 in Appendix A of the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide is incorrect.

The description of the High Quality Audio setting should read as follows:

The following paragraph is missing from the Description section on the same page:

“If the application server hosting the Windows application does not support the High Quality Audio setting, the audio rate is downgraded automatically.”

Correction to “Upgrading the SGD Gateway”

The following sentence in the “Upgrading the SGD Gateway” section on page 5 of the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Gateway Administration Guide is incorrect.

“When you upgrade the SGD Gateway, your original configuration, such as keystores and routing proxy configuration files are preserved. There is no need to reconfigure the SGD Gateway after upgrading.”

This sentence should read as follows:

“When you upgrade the SGD Gateway, most of your original configuration, such as routing proxy configuration files is preserved. However, the upgrade process overwrites any self-signed certificates used by the Gateway.

After an upgrade, you must reconfigure the SGD Gateway. Follow the standard configuration steps for authorizing a Gateway to SGD, as described in “How to Install SGD Gateway Certificates on the SGD Array” on page 16.”

See 6963320 - Cannot Connect to SGD Using Version 4.5 of the SGD Gateway, or Using an Upgraded Version 4.6 Gateway for more details about reconfiguring the SGD Gateway following an upgrade.

Correction to Printing Troubleshooting Topic

The following sentence is missing from the “For PDF Printing, is Ghostscript Available on the SGD Host?” printing troubleshooting topic on page 250 in Chapter 5 of the Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Administration Guide.

“Try upgrading to the latest version of Ghostscript. After upgrading, ensure that the symbolic link /opt/tarantella/var/info/gsbindir points to the directory where the new Ghostscript binaries are installed.”